Satellite sensors uncover a global view of the water hidden between soil particles.
Published Nov 12, 2015
When Arctic permafrost thaws, it emits gases into the atmosphere that warm the climate.
Published Apr 1, 2016
Scientists have developed a new way to measure water cycle intensity over time.
Published Jul 26, 2019
Earth is a water planet. Three-quarters of the planet’s surface covered by ice or oceans, and the sky is filled with clouds.
Published Oct 2, 2010
The proportion of sand, silt, and clay contained in soil across the U.S. affects the amount of water it can hold.
Published Jan 9, 2016
Views from the ground and from space are helping scientists understand how soil moisture affects U.S. agriculture.
Published Nov 25, 2015
These images show how terrestrial water storage in the four major sub-basins of the United States’ Mississippi River basin differed from average in January and July 2005.
Published Jan 26, 2007
The GRACE satellites can detect the movement and depletion of water supplies at and below Earth’s surface.
Published Sep 20, 2012
In the first weeks of June 2010, winter snow disappears from the lake-dotted tundra of Alaska’s North Slope like a dust cover whisked off a stained glass work of art.
Published Jun 17, 2010
The Aquarius instrument was designed to study ocean salinity, but it is also making an important contribution to studies of the water cycle on land.
Published Jul 15, 2014
The tiny amount of water vapor in our atmosphere has an outsized influence on the planet as a potent greenhouse gas.
Published Oct 7, 2010
